Well I'm five hundred miles away from homeLord I know this is the same road I took the day I left home you seeBut it sure looks different now Lord I guess I look different tooCause you see time, time changes everythingAnd I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this wayI wonder what they'll say when I get home

Teardrops fell on Mama's note when I read the things she wroteShe said I love you son and miss you come on homeI didn't even have to pack I had my clothes right on my backCoz I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all aloneLord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Play it son!Guitar break

Can't remember when I ate I just thumbed and walked and waitedAnd I'm five hundred miles away from homeIf my luck it’d been just right Lord I'd be with them all tonightAnd I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred milesLord I’m five hundred miles away from home

Well I'm five hundred miles away from homeLord I know this is the same road I took the day I left home you seeBut it sure looks different now Lord I guess I look different tooCause you see time, time changes everythingAnd I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this wayI wonder what they'll say when I get home

Teardrops fell on Mama's note when I read the things she wroteShe said I love you son and miss you come on homeI didn't even have to pack I had my clothes right on my backCoz I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all aloneLord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Play it son!Guitar break

Can't remember when I ate I just thumbed and walked and waitedAnd I'm five hundred miles away from homeIf my luck it’d been just right Lord I'd be with them all tonightAnd I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred milesLord I’m five hundred miles away from home